When the Jinsui Army and the Japanese soldiers of the three divisions were fighting, Li Yunlong led the New 1st Brigade to Dashankou.
Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to leave the mountain, but waited until ten o'clock in the evening.
"Shoot me!"
Following Li Yunlong's order, the artillery of the new brigade roared quickly.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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The Japanese stronghold guarding the entrance and exit of the mountain was blown into ruins by artillery shells. Li Yunlong led the New First Brigade out effortlessly.
Then, taking advantage of the cover of darkness, he quickly disappeared.
Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
"General, there is urgent information from the defenders on the other side of the mountain." A staff officer hurried over and handed Yoshio Shinozuka the information about his new arrival.
"It's not just the troops from the 18th Group Army who came out, right?" Yoshio Shinozuka didn't even want to say it.
Now, the Jinsui Army and the three divisions are biting each other. It is the opportunity for the 18th Group Army to send troops.
"Yes." The staff officer nodded.
Yoshio Shinozuka grabbed the telegram and looked at it, but he felt unsteady again.
The intelligence said that the troops of the 18th Army came out, but I don’t know how many of them came out.
Because of the cover of darkness, it is impossible to count.
"General, one thing can be confirmed." Moriyama Otani said, "The troops of the 18th Army must be going to reinforce the Jinsui Army. They must send electricity to Hirono Kitamura and others to let them be careful of the 18th Army. It’s a sneak attack.”
"Then why are you still standing there? Go quickly." Shinozuka Yoshio shouted towards Moriyama Otani.
"Hai." Moriyama Otani asked others to look at Shinozuka Yoshio, and he hurried away.
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"Division commander, please change into these clean pants and shoes quickly." The adjutant obtained clean pants and shoes and handed them to Hirono Kitamura.
The adjutant himself had also put on clean shoes and trousers.
This was found in the baggage, but the quantity was very limited and had been robbed.
"I won't change it!" Hirono Kitamura shook his head, "You give it to the soldiers fighting, they need these even more."
Although, Hirono Kitamura's legs were numb from the cold.
"Division commander, you are the highest commander of the entire army, and the soldiers need you more." the adjutant insisted.
"It won't freeze me to death!" Hirono Kitamura still shook his head, "Give it to the soldiers who need it."
"Okay." The adjutant no longer insisted.
"Division Commander, there is an urgent telegram from the First Army Headquarters." At this time, a staff officer handed Hirono a newly arrived telegram from Kitamura.
"I hope it's support for us." Hirono Kitamura took a look at the telegram and felt mixed.
Fortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka has contacted Commander Okamura, and Commander Okamura will try his best to airdrop supplies at dawn.
What is sad is that the troops of the 18th Army took the opportunity to run out of the mountains, and their specific strength is unknown.
But one thing can be confirmed, the troops of the 18th Group Army must have come out to reinforce the Shanxi-Sui Army.
They will definitely attack from behind and have to guard against it.
But now, the combat effectiveness of the three divisions has been reduced due to soaked shoes and pants, and they are already tied with the Jinsui Army.
Under such circumstances, where can the extra troops be allocated to search for the troops of the 18th Army?
Even if you don't search for the 18th Army's troops, you still have to keep enough troops to guard your back to prevent the 18th Army from making a sneak attack from behind.
In a word, due to the cold night, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the three divisions was greatly reduced, and it was temporarily impossible to allocate more troops.
"Division Commander, although the troops of the 18th Group Army have left the mountains, due to the distance, even if they want to sneak attack us, they will still have to march for a day." The staff officer said to Hirono Kitamura.
"Send power to the First Army Headquarters and ask them to send troops to search and intercept the 18th Group Army. We don't have enough troops for the time being. After dawn, we will get an airdrop and we will withdraw our troops." Hirono Kitamura said, at dawn, Even if the airdropped supplies were obtained, the division could no longer continue fighting against the Jinsui Army.
After a night of cold weather, many soldiers suffered injuries to their legs and feet.
We must seize the time to withdraw our troops and go back to rest.
Otherwise, if we don't treat the injured quickly and continue fighting in the snow, the situation will get worse.
"Ha Yi." The staff officer went.
Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
"General, this is a reply from Commander Hirono Kitamura." Otani Moriyama took the newly arrived telegram and handed it to Yoshio Shinozuka.
Shinozuka Yoshio took it and looked at it, frowning: "It is difficult for our First Army to gather enough troops in a short time to surround the Eighteenth Group Army."
"General, although we cannot gather enough teams in a short time, we must at least send people to search for the whereabouts of the 18th Army. Even if the other party wants to attack Hirono Kitamura and the others, we can give them a warning in advance." Moriyama Otani said.
"Yeah." Yoshio Shinozuka hummed and looked at Moriyama Otani, "Then you should contact the intelligence department quickly and let them find the Eighth Route Army team as quickly as possible."
"Hai." Moriyama Otani went immediately.
"You immediately mobilize a regiment of Emperor's soldiers from the Taiyuan garrison." Shinozuka Yoshio said to other staff officers, "Let them be prepared to attack and respond at any time."
"Is one regiment of Emperor's soldiers enough?" the staff officer wondered, "If the 18th Group Army comes out with a new brigade, I'm afraid..."
"We can't allocate all the main forces of Taiyuan City Defense." Shinozuka Yoshio said angrily.
Wouldn't it be bad to take away all the main forces of Taiyuan's city defense and allow the 18th Army to take the opportunity to attack Taiyuan?
The staff officer didn't say anything more and left quickly.
"I hope the intelligence department can quickly search for the Tubalu who came out of the mountain and figure out their troop strength." Shinozuka Yoshio prayed.
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"Commander Bo, this is the preliminary casualty count."
An officer from the Jinsui Army came over with a complicated expression and handed Bo Zuoyi a folder.
Bo Zuoyi took the folder and looked at it. Looking at the number of casualties that had exceeded 10,000, he still trembled in his heart.
Although, Bo Zuoyi had already expected that the casualties would not be small.
"Pass the order, all ministries will continue to act according to the plan." Bo Zuoyi looked very determined.
"Commander Bo, after a cold night, although the Japanese army will suffer non-combat attrition, their combat effectiveness during the day..." What did the officer of the Jinsui Army want to say.
Bo Zuoyi interrupted: "They should retreat as much as possible during the day. How can we let them get their wish even if they get their pants and clothes wet? Even if one or two more divisions are injured or killed, I will bite them to the death."
"Commander Bo, this is the intelligence that just came in." A staff officer hurried over and handed Bo Zuoyi the newly arrived telegram.
Bo Zuoyi took it and looked at it, his brows were happy: "Great, reinforcements from the 18th Group Army are out."
"Commander Bo, it seems that Chief Yan didn't mention the reinforcements from the 18th Group Army when he convened a military meeting." Someone wondered, "Is this information true?"
valley kick
"The Eighteenth Group Army will not know that with our Jinsui Army, it is impossible to annihilate all three divisions of the Japs. Our Jinsui Army finally managed to severely damage the Japs. How could the top brass of the Eighteenth Group Army?" I can let the tiger return to the mountain without a blink of an eye." Bo Zuoyi said, "So, I believe that the 18th Group Army must have sent reinforcements, and..."
"And what?"
"And the Japs will definitely know the news soon. Under the cover of night, the Japs don't know how many reinforcements the 18th Army has sent out. They will become more uneasy. Maybe they will also deploy some troops for defense. This is even more It is conducive to our attack." Bo Zuoyi said, "When we came out, Commander Yan said, we will kill as many Japanese as we can, no matter what, we will do it!"
"yes!"
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Due to Bo Zuoyi's determination, the battle lasted from night to dawn.
Both the enemy and ourselves suffered heavy casualties. Of course, if we want to talk about the specific number of battle casualties, the Jinsui Army must have more casualties than the Japanese soldiers.
But if the Japanese soldiers include people with frostbite, then the number of Japanese soldiers will be larger.
In the snow, there were frostbitten Japanese soldiers everywhere.
They took off their shoes and trousers, huddled in their coats.
They can only curl up and cannot move.
Once moved, the temperature is lost.
But when the Jin-Sui army attacked, it was impossible for them not to move.
Once your bare legs and feet are exposed to the snow, frostbite will set in.
Therefore, after a night of fighting, the Japanese soldiers, whether they took off their wet pants or not, were severely cold.
"Baga, damn it, damn it, damn it!" Hirono Kitamura looked at this scene and jumped up angrily again.
"Division commander, our plane is here." The adjutant pointed to Hirono Kitamura to the horizon in the distance.
"Order the troops to prepare to receive the supplies." Seeing the plane coming, Hirono Kitamura's face looked much better. "Organize a defense line to prevent the Shanxi-Sui Army from coming to snatch the supplies. After the supplies are received, seize the time to let the soldiers put on dry pants and shoes. clothing."
"Hayi!"
When the Japanese soldiers of the three divisions saw their transport plane coming, they all showed hope:
"Yoshi, our plane has brought us dry pants and clothes."
"Yoshi, I finally have a replacement."
"The damn Jinsui Army wants to use the cold to hit us hard, no way!"
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"Commander Bo, the Japanese transport plane is here to deliver supplies to them." The adjutant of the Jinsui Army quickly woke up Bo Zuoyi.
Bo Zuoyi, the commander, had not slept a wink all night, and had only been squinting for more than ten minutes just now.
Bo Zuoyi quickly opened his eyes, looked up at the Japanese transport plane flying in the distance, and said decisively: "Give power to the roundabout artillery, and bomb the places where the Japanese planes drop supplies as much as possible."
Bo Zuoyi had already made preparations in advance based on Wu Ze's plan. At night, he had already sent a group of artillery troops to bypass the Japanese army in advance.
This little devil's plane will definitely not drop the airdrop materials directly on the battlefield, because they have to worry about the Jinsui army robbing them, but will drop them behind the Japanese army.
In this way, it would be difficult for the Jinsui Army to snatch it, and it would also be difficult for the Jinsui Army's artillery to cross the battlefield and bombard it.
The Japanese planes dropped supplies to the back of the Japanese army, and the artillery units of the Shanxi-Sui Army that detoured at night were ready for action.
The Japanese transport plane flew into the sky, and just as Wu Ze expected, the Japanese transport plane dropped supplies towards the back of the Japanese army.
In the sky, huge parachutes dropped down one by one, like dandelions all over the sky.
"Yo Xi, yo Xi." Seeing the supplies falling from the sky, the Japanese soldiers all smiled.
The adjutant even suggested in front of Hirono Kitamura: "Division commander, I suggest that after our soldiers get dry pants and shoes, we should immediately counterattack the Shanxi-Sui Army. These clowns want to ride on the neck of our division and shit." , they must be taught a lesson."
"No." Hirono Kitamura was very calm, "Don't forget, the 18th Group Army has already sent reinforcements. We don't know where they are now, but we can't be careless. After we get the supplies, we have to evacuate as soon as possible. "
"Ha Yi, division commander, you are right." The adjutant nodded.
Seeing the supplies falling from low altitude one by one, the Japanese soldiers happily gathered towards the predicted location where the supplies would fall.
Of course, the moment the supplies landed, the Japanese soldiers had not yet had time to touch the packaging of the supplies.
call!
call!
call!
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In the sky behind them, the whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly came from there.
The Japanese soldiers quickly turned their heads to look over, and their colors changed instantly:
"Baga, where did the cannonballs come from?"
"Baga, where did this cannonball come from!"
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Hirono Kitamura also paused instantly: "Baga, this is impossible, how is this possible!"
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Under the disbelieving eyes of the Japanese soldiers and Japanese officers, dense artillery shells bombarded the supplies that had just landed.
A large amount of supplies were blown up in an instant, and the cotton in the cotton pants was flying everywhere, like snowflakes falling in the sky.
The medicines to treat frostbite were basically gone, leaving only garbage on the ground.
Of course, there were also some Japanese soldiers who were buried, and their blood and limb fragments were mixed with material fragments flying in the sky.
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"Baga, Baga, Baga, damn it, Baga!" The Japanese pilots in the sky roared in vain in the cabin as they watched their supplies being blown up.
Unfortunately, they only carried supplies, not ammunition.
Even if he saw the artillery positions of the Jinsui Army on the ground, he could only fly the plane away with regret.
"Baga, Baga, bring me the artillery of the Jinsui Army, bring me the artillery of the Jinsui Army!" The Japanese officer howled like crazy and ordered the team to immediately rush to the direction where the shells were flying.
The angry Japanese soldiers screamed and rushed over...
Of course, the artillery of the Jinsui Army did not destroy all the supplies.
Supplies like shoes are still not that easy to destroy.
But the pants really ruined a lot.
"Division commander, we still have at least a few thousand pairs of shoes." The Japanese officer quickly counted the amount of supplies. "We still have two thousand pairs of pants. The medicine for treating frostbite is not enough. It can treat a whole brigade."
"Not enough, not enough, this is not enough at all." Hirono Kitamura shouted, "Give the power to the First Army Headquarters and tell them that we still need more supplies."
"Hai."
